Annual Evaluation Summary Report for the Regulatory Program Administered by the State of Colorado for Evaluation Year 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005)

摘要

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) created the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) in the Department of the Interior. SMCRA provides authority to OSM to oversee the administration of and provide Federal funding for State regulatory programs that have been approved by OSM as meeting the minimum standards of SMCRA. This report contains summary information regarding the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) implementation of the approved Colorado program.